The Real “Buko” Salad

When I’m in my hometown, Davao, I can’t think more about anything but food. It’s one thing I missed the most when I’m away. Like this young coconut salad which we fondly call “buko” salad. I remember we used to shred the coconut meat and put it in a container to make buko salad. But now it can be mixed in its shell and it’s ready to eat. It’s fresher than when it’s refrigerated. Moreover, the fruits stay fresh, too. This buko salad have bits of mango, honey melon, papaya, banana and pineapple. And drops of milk to go with the fresh juice of the buko. Love it!

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Here in manila, a popular dessert named Buko Halo-halo is being sold in Malls. I really love eating them. The concept is the same as above. The difference is the ingredients. They put ingredients of a special halu halo but using the coconut shell at its container.

Hello, sorry for this late reply. I’ve read your comments before but slipped my mind. Anyway, here’s how to do it. Please get or buy young fresh coconut. When you open it, don’t throw the water because you will mix the fruits with it later after shredding the coconut. The fruits are mango, pineapple, papaya and watermelon sliced into pieces. Add a little milk to suit your taste. Done. Hope this will help. 🙂

I love buko salad. But we don’t really make that here anymore. My mom used to make it when we used to live in the Philippines. I remember she would put the condensed milk and it’s really sweet. But guess when you put it together with the rest of the salad, it becomes saturated. So it’s okay I guess. Here in America, they don’t make their buko salad the same. In fact, majority just makes Fruit Salad with buko in it and that’s about it. I really miss the fresh buko.

Hello Angela,
Thanks a lot for dropping by.
I also have a hard time making buko salad here and I don’t like condensed milk that much. Though I had an idea of adding cream instead but fresh buko is nowhere to find 🙂